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- Jul 29, 2010 - 8:30 am
The Best of BCS, Year One anthology now available
Issue #48 -- July 29, 2010
Issues now available in the Amazon Kindle Store
"Prashkina's Fire," by Vylar Kaftan
The nightmares had mostly stopped now, and my face only ached on hot days. I never looked at myself in the stream, so I wasn't sure what color the scars were, but my fingertips told me the skin was tough and dead. As for the rest, once I washed myself out with lemon juice, I just went on with my rituals in the temple, because someone had to. I tried not to remember.
"The Shades of Morgana," by Dean Wells
Sully could practically feel her glance brushing along his skin like silky smooth lips. It could, more to the point, the thing inside him, exploiting his senses as if they were its own. She stood and stretched, then strolled to the doors of carved tulgey wood that opened into the mews outside. Sully caught her fragrance, the scent of her feminine places, a smell of spice and rich dark petals of bloodleaf. "Sabrina? Don’t get too close."
BCS Audio Fiction PodcastsThe BCS Audio Fiction Podcasts will be taking a short hiatus in July, but they will return in August with audio stories by Vylar Kaftan, Erin Cashier, and more.
From the Archives:
"Blighted Heart," by Aliette de Bodard, from BCS #22I felt the first cut like a violation. Pain burst in my chest, would not cease. I screamed and screamed until my voice was raw. No. No. I never asked for this! I saw a priest lift out a bloody, pulsating thing dizzyingly high above me, and a sensation of emptiness spread from the hole in my chest and swallowed me.
- Jul 20, 2010 - 1:38 pm
- All four stories in BCS #46 and #47 got a great review from Lois Tilton, the short fiction reviewer for Locus online. She gave the entire month of July from BCS her "Recommended" rating.
Congratulations to all four authors! You can read quotes of her review here on the BCS Forums. - Jul 15, 2010 - 8:33 am
The Best of BCS, Year One anthology now available
Issue #47 -- July 15, 2010
Issues now available in the Amazon Kindle Store
"The Territorialist," by Yoon Ha Lee
Jeris tensed. "A rogue territorialist?" Circle Circle Six, nominally protected by its more prominent neighbors, had one of the highest turnover rates for territorialists. If it had just been a change of regime, Jeris would have sat back to see how long the newcomer lasted. But the bone-map's reaction had been a clear warning that he would have to intervene.
"Throwing Stones," by Mishell Baker
The body was my own, and not my own. It was no mere trick for others’ eyes; my very joints seemed strung together more loosely, and my breasts ached under the tight bindings I had always worn. By the end of each night I had nearly adjusted to this female form, only to be wrenched back to my natural male one at the first whisper of dawn.
BCS Audio Fiction PodcastsThe BCS Audio Fiction Podcasts will be taking a short hiatus in July, but they will return in August with audio stories by Vylar Kaftan, Erin Cashier, and more.
From the Archives:
"Of Shifting Skin and Certainty," by Justin Howe, from BCS #26Such is our addiction. Living formless is its own refuge--our skin-shifting a means of escape, to always have a new identity waiting in the tank for when the one we wear becomes overly tiresome and persistent. But the King no longer wearies of change, and has but one face now to show the world. And though it resembles candle wax, it remains. "That is my difference," he says.
- Jul 13, 2010 - 12:13 pm
- I was recently invited to guest-blog for the Clarion Foundation about why I started BCS in the particular niche of literary adventure fantasy.
It talks about why literary adventure fantasy appeals to me and what specifically I like about it. If you'd like more insight into how I view that sort of fiction and into BCS in general, check it out here. - Jul 7, 2010 - 8:45 am
- The time for the BCS reading at ReaderCon is 6pm this Friday, in the VT room (full program info and grid here).
We'll have seven, maybe eight authors (depending on rush-hour traffic!), including Margaret Ronald, Tom Crosshill, and Matthew Kressel. Feel free to drop by and hear some great literary adventure fantasy!